Vincennes
a city in SW Indiana, on the Wabash: the first permanent settlement in Indiana, 1702.
a city in N France, near Paris.
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How to use Vincennes in a sentence
There had been a great chase commanded in the Bois de Vincennes, for M. de Monsoreau to enter on his functions of chief huntsman.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, PereHarrison's troops helped themselves to what they wanted, burned the deserted town, and returned to Vincennes with rapid marches.
Four American Indians | Edson L. WhitneyTecumseh sent the Governor a brief, friendly reply, in which he promised to go to Vincennes himself in a short time.
Four American Indians | Edson L. WhitneyM. Jacobson had selected the sword, and would fight that very hour, in the woods of Vincennes.
File No. 113 | Emile GaboriauIt was not easy to tame the rude defiance of Vincennes, or give facility to the reserved and guarded approaches of Gaillon.
British Dictionary definitions for Vincennes
/ (French vɛ̃sɛn, English vɪnˈsɛnz) /
a suburb of E Paris: 14th-century castle. Pop: 43 595 (1999)
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